4 thoughts on “2004”

Adam – I hate to bash on any venue, especially one that supports as much great up and coming music as New Brookland does, but that particular show will go down as one of my worst show experiences in history, I do believe. But, it was six years ago, so keep that in mind. A hurricane was actually passing through, and the leaks over the stage were bad. Equipment got wet, the band got wet….Adding to the bad experience was the fact that the venue had booked three or four bands (can’t remember now) for that night and the first band went WAY over their time allotment – so Will and the guys didn’t even get on stage until 12:41 PM (yes, I remember this) and only got to play about 40 or so minutes before the staff was rushing them off stage. The staff that night were extremely rude to those of us there to see the show, yelling at us to get out (it wasn’t even 2 AM), just making for a really ugly experience for everyone.

At one time, Will himself posted a pretty … impressive blog about the night. Unfortunately, that blog went the way of the wind when he updated his website.

Now, with all of this said, I have boycotted NBT since that show, but recently made a trip there to see a band who wasn’t coming through Charlotte… the staff was much nicer (it was a low key weeknight with minimal crowd, unlike the night of the Will show). And The Enemy Lovers reported good things from their recent show, including a fixed leaking roof.

NBT certainly isn’t a world-class venue, but like I said before, it is incredibly supportive of a great variety of young, up and coming, established and local artists. That says something about them…even if they don’t heat the bathrooms in the winter. 🙂

Hey Hey! I’m just now getting around to seeing your response. Sounds horrible, at least it’s laughable now. I only ask because I’m from Columbia SC, and over the past three years have became friends with Will, and we talked about that show once (not in length though) NBT has been a staple in my career as a singer songwriter with both good and bad experiences along the way, but it was fun to hear Will’s take on the place after those events…I remember the blog I believe the quote was “some meth labs have higher sanitation ratings that New Brookland Tavern” That said he’s been in Columbia twice in the past two weeks, and even admitted on twitter that he couldn’t believe he was writing a tweet to say that a show in Columbia SC was KILLER (probably because the Tin Roof franchise from TN) has opened up a venue downtown, nevertheless I think Cola town will be seeing more from Will and the boys…..Thanks for sharing